Man charged with trying to smuggle pot into Attica prison

WARSAW – Jose H. Alicea, 28, of Syracuse, was arrested over the weekend as he tried to smuggle marijuana into the Attica Correctional Facility, State Police reported late Tuesday.

Troopers said Alicea had a plastic baggie of marijuana when he came to the prison Saturday to visit an inmate. He was charged with promoting prison contraband and possession of marijuana, troopers said.